2nd Line Support Contracts in Maidstone

Second Line Support
Kent > Maidstone

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Maidstone is £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 3 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Maidstone 10.34% - 30.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.71% - 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £192 - -
25th Percentile £198 - £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - £183
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.19%
75th Percentile £219 - £195
90th Percentile - - £197
Kent median daily rate £238 £205 £190
% change year-on-year +15.85% +7.89% -0.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Maidstone

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Maidstone. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Maidstone with a recognized job title 28 15 32
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.55% 93.75% 96.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 29
10th Percentile £193 £315 £179
25th Percentile £206 £329 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £333 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +2.31% +1.56%
75th Percentile £450 £440 £415
90th Percentile £623 £555 £456
Kent median daily rate £333 £388 £350
% change year-on-year -14.19% +10.71% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.50 -
Kent median hourly rate £22.00 £55.20 £56.24
% change year-on-year -60.15% -1.84% +69.79%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Maidstone.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Maidstone

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Maidstone

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Maidstone.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Maidstone

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Maidstone

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Maidstone.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Maidstone

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Maidstone

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 2nd Line Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Maidstone region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) IBM Certification
2 1 (33.33%) W3C
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Maidstone by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2nd Line Support jobs in Kent